Emile Erlanger

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Erlanger Loan

In 1863 the Confederacy entered into an arrangement with the French banking house of
Emile Erlanger & Company. Erlanger agreed to market $15,000,000 worth of Confederate bonds backed by cotton. He could receive the bonds at 77 (
i.e., $77 per $100 face value) and sell them in foreign financial markets at 90. In addition, he received a 5 percent commission for selling the bonds.